Made for Love

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A gloriously absurd and hugely entertaining satire about intimacy and love from the provocative writer of the acclaimed novel Tampa. Soon to be a HBO series. A HBO Max series starring Ray Romano and Cristin Milioti 'Exudes valiant charm' New Yorker 'Blisteringly smart and feverishly inventive' Garth Greenwell 'Brilliant... hilarious... both satisfying and unexpected' Roxane Gay Hazel has just moved into a trailer park of senior citizens, with her father and Diane - his sex doll companion. Life with Hazel's father is strained at best, but it's got to be better than her marriage to dominating tech billionaire, Byron Gogol. For over a decade, Hazel has been quarantining in Byron's family compound, her every movement and vital sign tracked. So when Byron demands to wirelessly connect the two of them via brain chips, turning Hazel into a human guinea pig, Hazel makes a run for it. Will Hazel be able to free herself from Byron's virtual clutches before he finds her _________________________ A gloriously absurd and hugely entertaining satire about intimacy and love from the provocative writer of the acclaimed novel Tampa.

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Exudes valiant charm * New Yorker *
Smart, riveting ... Made for Love crackles and satisfies by all its own weird rules, subversively inventing delight where none should exist. So bright... so dark * New York Times Book review *
Easily one of the funniest books about sex and modern technology you'll read this year * VICE *
There is no one who negotiates the absurd as vigorously yet poignantly as Alissa Nutting... Brilliant, dense, hilarious writing that hurtles toward an ending that is both satisfying and unexpected -- Roxane Gay
Blisteringly smart and feverishly inventive...This is a novel as frightening as it is hilarious, melding pathos, comedy, and delight as only great satire can -- Garth Greenwell

Author Bio

Alissa Nutting is an assistant professor of English at Grinnell College. She is the author of the story collection Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, as well as the novel Tampa.